μινυρός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (mĭnŭrĭ́zō, “to whimper, whine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.ny.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.niˈros/
Adjective
[edit]μῐνῠρός • (mĭnŭrós) m (feminine μῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter μῐνῠρόν); first/second declension
- complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering
- (of young birds) twittering, chirping
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | μῐνῠρός mĭnŭrós |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́ |
μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́ |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠροί mĭnŭroí |
μῐνῠραί mĭnŭraí |
μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ | |||||
Genitive | μῐνῠροῦ mĭnŭroû |
μῐνῠρᾶς mĭnŭrâs |
μῐνῠροῦ mĭnŭroû |
μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn |
μῐνῠραῖν mĭnŭraîn |
μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn |
μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn |
μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn |
μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn | |||||
Dative | μῐνῠρῷ mĭnŭrôi |
μῐνῠρᾷ mĭnŭrâi |
μῐνῠρῷ mĭnŭrôi |
μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn |
μῐνῠραῖν mĭnŭraîn |
μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn |
μῐνῠροῖς mĭnŭroîs |
μῐνῠραῖς mĭnŭraîs |
μῐνῠροῖς mĭnŭroîs | |||||
Accusative | μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ν mĭnŭrā́n |
μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́ |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠρούς mĭnŭroús |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ς mĭnŭrā́s |
μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ | |||||
Vocative | μῐνῠρέ mĭnŭré |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́ |
μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́ |
μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ |
μῐνῠροί mĭnŭroí |
μῐνῠραί mĭnŭraí |
μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μῐνῠρῶς mĭnŭrôs |
μῐνῠρώτερος mĭnŭrṓteros |
μῐνῠρώτᾰτος mĭnŭrṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “μινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μινυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette